A legislative candidate has filed a complaint against the state Republican Party’s attorney, saying Ryan Call had no business giving her legal advice on a residency issue because he had one of his own.

Republican Sally Mounier[3] of Aurora said today Call should have referred her to another attorney when she talked to him about what she saw as a problem with her Democratic opponent’s residency.

“Ryan’s advice to me was to forget about … residency and the residency requirements as a person’s residency is determined by their voter registration,” Mounier said. “The conversation lasted no more than 10 minutes. I took him at his word and dropped the subject.”

Call, who now is running for the state GOP chairman, declined to comment, saying if there is a complaint he hasn’t seen it. But plenty of Republicans sprang to his defense, questioning the timing and validity of the complaint.

Mounier, who lost her House race, said she didn’t think any more about the residency issue. Then she read in The Denver Post[4] that a fellow Republican had filed a complaint against Call with the Denver Elections Division, saying he and wife voted in Denver in 2010 although they had moved to Arapahoe County.

A hearing officer ruled last week there was insufficient evidence to show Call violated the law. The hearing officer noted the lease agreement signed by the renters who moved into Call’s Denver home noted it was still going to be his legal residence. Florence Sebern, the Denver Elections Division worker who filed the complaint, said that as an attorney Call knew to draft the lease to protect himself but he should have registered to vote in Arapahoe County after moving there.

It’s unclear whether Mounier has a claim against Call because he wasn’t acting as her legal counsel.

Mounier ran against Democrat Rhonda Fields[6], who has long been registered to vote at her parents’ home in Aurora.

But Mounier said she had documents showing Fields purchased a home outside the district in May 2009. Although her daughter and son-in-law are registered to vote at the new house in Centennial, Mounier said Fields stated in public Federal Housing Authority documents it was going to be her legal residence.

Mounier said either Fields got the loan in bad faith or she was ineligible to run in House District 42.

Fields said today she would have to look at the paperwork on the purchase, but she has lived in House District 42 for years and is the sole caregiver for her elderly mother.

Mounier said after she pulled the paperwork last fall she contacted Dick Wadhams[7], chairman of the Colorado Republican Party[8], and he told her he would have Call get in touch with her. Wadhams also told the Post there might be an issue with Fields’ residency. But when the Post contacted Mounier, she said there wasn’t a problem and declined to comment.

She today that’s because Call had told her she had no case.

In addition to being legal counsel, Call until February also served as chairman of the Denver County Republicans. He said one reason he kept his legal residence in Denver is the county party asked him to stay on as chair, fearing a disruption if he resigned just months before an election.

“I understand he wanted to stay on as the Denver chairman,” Mounier said. “I just don’t think Ryan should have been the one giving me advice on residency.”